The Damsel in Distress

"The Damsel in Distress" is one of fourteen short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the thirteenth Saint book Boodle (aka The Saint Intervenes) published in 1934. It had previously been published in the newspaper Empire News as "The Kidnapping of the Fickle Financier".

Plot
An Italian family hires Templar to assist in kidnapping a bond forger from his refuge in Switzerland and returning him to Britain for a shotgun wedding. Soon Templar finds himself in the middle of a blackmail scheme.

Television adaptation
"The Damsel in Distress" was adapted for the TV series The Saint during its third season, first airing on 31 December 1964.